Bruins Head to Camp With One Goalie and No Good Answers Behind Him

Michael Hutchinson retired Monday, days after Jack Campbell did the same. Neither was a Bruin, but both retirements tightened a market that was already thin, and Boston is the team that can least afford it. The Bruins traded Joonas Korpisalo to New York on July 1 and now have Jeremy Swayman and, essentially, no one else with meaningful NHL experience behind him. The depth chart at the position lists one name.

The Bruins already knew this was a problem before this week. Going into the offseason they had no viable backup — the kind of insurance that becomes critical over an 84-game schedule when a starter gets nicked up or needs a rest in February. Hutchinson and Campbell retiring doesn't create the hole; it just reminds you it's there and makes the available pool of veterans a little shallower.

The forward group, the blue line, the center depth — all of it needs attention too, and Kevyn Adams arriving as senior advisor suggests the organization knows the roster isn't close to ready. My read is that goaltending, precisely because it's the quietest crisis, is the one most likely to get addressed last. That's the risk. Training camp is coming, and right now the Bruins are one Swayman injury away from a very bad month.